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Due to problems with creating the square mold, I’ve decided to turn to clear globe ornaments that I can fill with wax. Then, I can make the wax hollow enough to cool quickly, but also allow room to place the LEDs in at a later date. The battery life on one LED would last less than 3 days, making the rest of the piece time sensitive. Hollowing out the middle allows me to come back at a later date.

I’ve also decided to move away from the concept of taking ideas into the idea of how the internet is fostering new startup companies. Each wax "egg" is to represent a startup web-only company. A nest will be made from wires and computer cables and placed keyboard of a laptop computer. Even if the idea of internet is a bit of a stretch to gather from the piece, one will surely walk away from it understanding the computer and egg senses of the piece.

Its been awhile since I’ve updated the progress of the interactive book. It is to be integrated into a section of the web site titled "portfolio".

Here is what has been done so far:

• Intro loading segment
• Progress section
• About section
• Contact section
• Loading of images for interactive book
• Loading of XML file for content

What needs to be done

• Add emailer script for contact form
• Finish styling out text on site (include CSS Stylesheet)
• Design interactive book segments
• Add thumbnail preview area
• Add title/desc to spreads/pages.
• Update navigation menu rollover/out effects to mimick logo.

So far, everything is written in Flash ActionScript 2. It would have been too much trouble to attempt to learn and program in ActionScript 3 in such a short time, however, I am begining to learn it.

Book: Interactive, Flash.

Definitive pages, yet no like a true [paper] book.

Pacing:

• 1 -Title (Design in the Source Code)
• 2/3 - Introduction 
• 4/5 - About
• 6/7 - About (cont’d)
• 8/9 - Capabilties
• 10/11 - Philosophy
• 12/13 - Work Examples
• 14/15 - Work Examples
• 16/17 - Work Examples
• 18/19 - Future Ideas
• 20 - Fin 

Introduction:

design in the source code

[quote by nietsczhe on usability]

About:

the beauty of the internet is not definitively defined by how it looks, but by how it functions. like the objects you use every day, you gain comfort through their functionality, ergonomics, and interface. interactive design, just like those objects, relies on its functionality. the usefulness of a design is defined by its user interface — is it intuitive and is it useful? the beauty of interactive design for any designer is the ability to create function not just through craft and creative interfaces, but in how the pieces come together to create the user experience. what lies behind the user experience is code, and the effectiveness of it relies on the design of the creator.

About (cont’d):

today’s technolgies have many acroynms and psudonymes. AJAX, PHP, MySQL, ASP, Java, JavaScript, ActionScript, Flash, XML, XHTML, HTML, RSS, CSS, DOM….. more about technology.